LULLABY FOR OTHERS

ARRULLO FOR OTHERS This is the story of women living with a foreign family: in a house that does not belong to them and in a socio-economic environment totally away from theirs. They take care of children that are not their own. They are the nannies. Inside the houses that live there is a very representative micro world of the contrasts that exist in Mexico. It is a skein with two points; diametrically opposed social classes. These coexist, touch, and rarely mix. Many of the nanas have indigenous roots, they come from the countryside or from marginalized areas of the city. They migrate motivated with the hope of improving their living conditions. They have a low level of formal instruction (they barely know how to read and write). The majority begin their working life as children or adolescents and a good percentage are single mothers. They age and witness the aging of their patterns. Instead they do not see their own children grow up. The singing of these women is the lullaby for others.